diff --git a/spark/pom.xml b/spark/pom.xml
index 82dc6d140f7..22aa7ab0f32 100644
--- a/spark/pom.xml
+++ b/spark/pom.xml
@@ -475,13 +475,6 @@
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
 
-    <!-- pyspark -->
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>net.sf.py4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>py4j</artifactId>
-      <version>0.8.2.1</version>
-    </dependency>
-
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-exec</artifactId>